| A | B |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| 3500 BC / BCE | Beginning of Mesopotamian civilization |
| 3000 BC / BCE | Beginning of Egyptian civilization |
| 2500 BC / BCE | Beginning of Indus River civilization |
| 2000 BC/BCE | Beginning of Huang He civilization |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
| Rosetta Stone | Used to decipher hieroglyphics |
| Bronze | alloy of tin and copper |
| Yellow River | another name for Huang He |
| Narmer | Pharoh who united lower and upper Egypt |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler |
| loess | soil deposits from river flow |
| cuneiform | writing in Mesopotamia |
| Harappan | first civilization in Indus Valley |
| monsoon | seasonal winds affecting India |
| Himalayas | Mountains to the north of India |
| Oracle bones | Chinese used these to talk to the gods |
| Mandate of Heaven | Gave Chinese leaders the right to rule |
| Feudalism | A sharing of control by the king to others |
